Usually means: Regresses after partial moral improvement.
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▸ noun:  A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.

Similar:
recidivist, reversionist, relapse, loser, backstabbee, backtalker, backbite, crossback, reprobate, recreant, more...

Opposite:
devout, steadfast, faithful, committed

Types:
apostate, renegade, traitor, defector, more...

Adjectives:
poor, old, greater, incorrigible, penitent, infant, exposed, repentant, miserable, open, little



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Similar:
recidivist, reversionist, relapse, loser, backstabbee, backtalker, backbite, crossback, reprobate, recreant, more...

Opposite:
devout, steadfast, faithful, committed

Types:
apostate, renegade, traitor, defector, more...

Adjectives:
poor, old, greater, incorrigible, penitent, infant, exposed, repentant, miserable, open, little



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